HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Oct. 21, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- East Adams Rural Healthcare, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 21, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9651, row:790)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), East Adams Rural Healthcare, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 13,206 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and social security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented several administrative and technical safeguards.